KABUL (Pajhwok): After days of deadly clashes with the Taliban , more than 150 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to the government in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Wednesday. A senior leader of the insurgent group, Maulvi...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Eight Taliban militants and six Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) rebels have been killed during ongoing clashes between the rivals in Darzab district of northern Jwazjan province, an official said Tuesday. Another nearly a...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): In a rare development, a ten-member group of Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) has shunned insurgency and joined the peace reconciliation process in northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Hundreds of Taliban and Daesh gunmen have been killed during ongoing clashes between the sides in Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province, local officials claimed on Wednesday. The officials said around 250 fighters on...

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban militants recaptured seven villages after fierce clashes with security forces and uprising members in Faizabad district of northern Jawzjan province, sources said on Friday. The clashes broke out on Thursday afternoon in...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): The residents of Darzab and Qush Tepa districts in northern Jawzjan province have demanded permanent ceasefire between the government and Taliban militants and ask the warring parties to enter direct peace talks. A number of...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Some residents of Darzab district in northern Jawzjan province say Daesh or Islamic State affiliates have intensified their atrocities and sexual abuse of girls and women in the district. One of them, Khadija, not a real name,...

KABUL (Pajhwok): A woman member of the Wolesi Jirga , or lower house of parliament, from northwestern Jawzjan province has died of heart failure, her family said on Saturday. Syed Mohibullah Sadat, a brother of the lawmaker, told Pajhwok Afghan News...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): At least 20 Daesh rebels have been killed during a commando operation since Wednesday night in Darz Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial deputy police chief Col. Abdul Hafeez Khashi...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): The Daesh rebels head for northern Jawzjan province and another insurgent have been killed in a US force airstrike, an official said on Saturday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News Daesh...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): At least nine Daesh or Islamic State (IS) and three Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents of violence in northern Jwazjan and western Farah provinces, officials said Tuesday. IS gunmen stormed on a security...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan security forces captured a French woman allegedly linked with Daesh or IS group during a ground and air operation that resulted in the killing of six fighters in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Afghan forces killed and wounded at least 60 Islamic State militants during ground and air operations in Darzab and Qush Tepa districts of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Reza Ghafori, the...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Four members of the Islamic State (IS) outfit, also known as Daesh, were detained in the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province on Monday morning, an official said. Abdul Samad, deputy garrison commander, told Pajhwok Afghan...